despite

despite is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and preposition in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.
2. noun. An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt.
3. noun. To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
4. preposition. In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices.
5. noun. contemptuous disregard

   "she wanted neither favor nor despite"

6. noun. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

   "he was held in contempt"

   "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"

   Synonyms: contempt, disdain, scorn

Synonyms

contempt, disdain, scorn

Common word forms

despited, despites, despiting, despiteful, despiteous

Words from these letters

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